Dispensing container



-Aug. 26, 1941. BROSIUS 2,253,887

DISPENS ING CONTAINER Filed Nov. 14, 1939 Inventor 7Z 1732x4224:

A Iiiorneys Patented Aug. 26, 1941 DISPENSING CONTAINER, Robert H. Brosius, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Application November 14, 1939, Serial No. 304,406

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in dispensing containers of the type especially adapted for containing and dispensing granulated material such as smoking tobacco and the like, and the primary object of my invention is to provide a container of this class which involves a built-in collapsible spout adjustable to a position of use in conjunction with the dispensing opening of the container for receiving the material as it issues from the container and confining and guiding the material so as to direct the material in a predetermined stream, thereby enabling easily and. efficiently applying the contents of the container without waste, as in filling a smoking pipe with tobacco.

Other important objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from a reading of the following description taken in connection with the drawing, wherein for purposes of illustration I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention. I

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevational View of a container constructed in accordance with the present invention, in this case a pocket tobacco tin, broken away to disclose the arrangement of the collapsible spout.

Figure 2 is an elevational view looking from right to left in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal fragmentary sectional view taken through the tobacco tin or the like and showing the cover thereof in an open position with the spout extended to confine and guide the tobacco from the tin into the bowl of a smoking pipe.

Figure 4 is a top plan View of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is an enlarged vertical transverse sectional View taken through Figure 3 approximately on the line 55.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 5 generally designates an oval cross section tobacco tin of well known type which has the open upper end thereof closed by a panshaped cover 6 hinged along one longitudinal edge as indicated by the numeral 1 to the outer side of the side Wall of the tin. In accordance with the present invention one end of this cover is cut oil and rounded as indicated by the numeral 8 so as to stop short of the normal length thereof and to expose at this point one end of the adjustable spout which is generally desig-' nated 9, the spout consisting of a blank of tin or other similar material, conveniently the same as that from which the container is made, the blank being bent into an elongated substantially semi-circular cross section channel form with the edges of the sides thereof extended adjacent one end as indicated by the numeral I0, and the resulting end of the spout closed by a wall ll, thereby producing a bucket shape with the bottom wall of the channel formed with a substantially circular opening I2. At diametrically opposite points on the edge of the opening [2 are tabs l3, I4, which are longitudinally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the spout as a whole.

The spout 9 is slidably mounted on the end of the container body at the cut of]? end of the top 6, the contour of the channel closely fitting that of the rounded end of the container body, and with the part of the channel formed below the :bucket slidably inserted between the said end of the container :body and an outset semi-circular portion l5 whose upper and lower ends are defined by horizontal slits I6, 11, respectively, cut in the end of the container body. While in some instances it may not be possible or feasible to sufficiently stretch the metal of the container body to sufficiently space the retaining element I5 from the end of the container to provide for proper reception of the spout 9, where the element I5 is an integral portion of the end 01 the container body, proper provisions in the process of manufacturing the container will naturally provide for the desired conditions. It is to be noted that the retainer l5 could also be welded, soldered, brazed, or otherwise attached in position on the container body so as to mount the spout 9 in its collapsed position on the container body with the wall II of the bucket seated upon and closing the upper end of the container body at the location thereof exposed by the cutaway portion 8 of the top 6. In this position the opening [2 of the spout is closed by the imperforate portion of the end of the container body, and when the top 6 is in the closed position the rounded portion 8 sufficiently overlaps the wall ll of the spout to retain the spout in the closed position. The end of the spout opposite the bucket is cut to provide a stop l8 in the form of a curved and laterally outwardly extending finger l8 which engages the lower edge of the element l5 when the spout is in the open position illustrated in Figure 3, to prevent separation of the spout from the container and to insure proper positioning of the spout.

As illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawing, the device of the invention is used by opening the cover 6 and then drawing out the spout 9 to the position illustrated and then sufliciently tilting the container to cause the tobacco or other contents thereof to move into the bucket portion of the spout 9 and fall in a controlled stream through the opening 12. The depending fingers l3 and I4 are, in the case of a tobacco containing tin, utilized by insertion into the upper end of the bowl IQ of a smoking pipe 20 to properly center the opening [2 with respect to the pipe and thereby insure uniform and unwasteful filling of the pipe with tobacco from the container. Although I have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment ,of my invention, it is to be definitely understood that I do not desire to limit the application of the invention thereto except as may be required by the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In combination with a container having a nar j cover is closed.

row side edge and an open end, and a cover for said end, an elongated spout of the same cross sectional shape as that of the narrow side edge and said spout being slidably arranged on the outer face of said side edge, the outer end of the spout being closed by a wall which overlaps a portion of the open end of the container when the spout is in its inward position, the spout being slidable to have its outer end project beyond the open end of the container to receive material from the container when the same is tilted and said outer end of the spout having a discharge opening in its bottom, the cover of the container overlapping the outer end of the spout when the spout is in its inward position and the ROBERT H. BROSIUS. 

